Fleur (Fruit)

1945

French, 1882 - 1960

Oil on canvas

38 × 28 3/4in. (96.5 × 73cm)

Gift of Gladys and Sam Rubinstein

2014.26.14

Provenance: Studio of Auguste Herbin, 32 bis rue Falguiere, Paris, ca. 1945; Sofia Imber, Venezuela; to her sister, Lia, and Fernando Coronil; private collection, Venezuela; [Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, New York, 1988]; purchased from gallery by Gladys (1921-2014) and Sam Rubinstein (1917-2007), Seattle, Washington; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2014

Photo: Mark Woods

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryCaracas, Venezuela, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Herbin, October 1978. Cat. no. 13.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Paintings and Drawings of the European Avant-Garde: The Rubinstein Bequest, Apr. 23, 2014 - May 16, 2021 [on view Dec. 2, 2017 - May 16, 2021].

Published ReferencesCatalogue raisonné if published, by Geneviere Claisse, Paris; Cf., Constructive Concepts (McCrory Collection catalogue), p. 270 (Herbin)

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